The OFFline Film Festival is currently accepting applications for their 6 month Animation Residency, starting in May and culminating in a showcase of the work created at the OFFline Film Festival in October 2018. Click here for further details!

We here at Pegbar are delighted to announce our first event of 2016! Pegbar presents: Special and Visual FX, with special guests Kate Walshe and Andy Clarke. Join us for an evening of talks focusing on the exciting world of practical and visual effects in television and film.

Kate Walshe is an SFX producer and part owner of Millenium FX, one of the leading prosthetics and creature effects companies in Europe. Her credits include Doctor Who, Ex Machina and Victor Frankenstein.

A VFX artist from Dublin, Andy has worked on a wide range of titles including Dracula Untold, Rebellion, and Brooklyn.
He is currently the VFX supervisor at Outer Limits Post Production.

This is a ticketed event! Tickets are €5.50 each and can be booked via our Eventbrite page. This event is sure to sell out
quickly so be sure you book your tickets soon to avoid disappointment!

The event will take place in The Science Gallery, Pearse Street Dublin 2 on Wednesday, March 23rd and will begin at 6:00pm.

After the talks, Pegbar will be gathering at The Lombard Pub, just across the road from the venue, for a friendly catch up. All are welcome!

Irish Animation Award

We are so excited to announce the first ever Irish Animation Director’s Award being presented at the Digital Biscuit.

The award will be given to the best Irish director of an animation film from 2014. This award is being presented as a special recognition from the Animation Alliance – The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland in association with Pegbar.In addition, we are delighted to announce the three finalists for the Best Director of an Irish Animation award:

Damien O’Connor for “Anya”Julie Rush for “Wounded”Alan Holly for “Coda”

Following the success of Keyframe in March 2014, Colaiste Dhualaigh College of Further Education in Association with Dublin City Library, Coolock is delighted to announce Keyframe 2. The aim of the event is to host a number of talks and workshops by acclaimed animation, film, vfx and gaming professionals at Coolock library and at CDCFE.

The talks are intended to inspire interest and to investigate the possibility of career opportunities in this expanding creative sector, whilst also promoting the new 1 year Animation BA (Hons) degree top up programme which began in September 2014. Recruitment to the top up year will commence in 2015 and will be open to existing CDCFE students and anyone with matching HND, Diploma qualifications and/or professional experience. Learners at CDCFE will also be invited to participate in a selection of relevant and practical workshops with Animation Professionals.

The event will take place between the 26th and 28th of January and will be open to the public on application to klynch@cdcfe.com . Advance booking is neccesary as place numbers are limited.

Line up includes speakers who have worked on the smash-hit Interstellar and
upcoming Paddington

28 – 30 November, 2014, Science Gallery Dublin

Details have been announced for the second annual Irish VFX & Animation
Summit, where award-winning international visual effects practitioners from
the US, the UK and Ireland will take part in workshops and talks. Following
on from last year’s massively successful inaugural summit, this year’s event
will span three days and will celebrate the amazing world of Visual Effects
and animation, with film screenings, talks, workshops, master-classes,
discussion panels and Q&As with award-winning VFX and animation
professionals including cutting edge talent from both Ireland and around the
world. Advance ticket sales for the two day event are now open, with demand
expected to be significant.

Highlights from the event include two film screenings, Interstellar on
Friday 28th November which will be attended by the visual effects crew that
worked on the acclaimed film, and Paddington on Saturday 29th November,
which will also be have the visual effects crew present. Confirmed speakers
at this year’s summit include high profile industry figures such as Eugenie
Von Tunzelmann, CG Supervisor, Interstellar; Darren O’Kelly, Managing
Director, The Mill; Kyle McCulloch, VFX Supervisor, Framestore and Eamonn
Butler, Animation Director, Cinesite.

Ireland has a strong history of producing world-class talent in the arts and
film in particular, with 2014 seeing one of the busiest production years for
indigenous films in many years. This history, coupled with ongoing success
in producing talented and successful engineers, software developers and
computer game professionals, creates a pool of talent that can contribute so
much to our homegrown VFX and the wider film industry. Despite this however,
at this present time there are still comparatively low numbers of Irish
professionals practicing within this industry. The aim of the VFX &
Animation Summit is to change this.

The annual VFX & Animation summit will promote the VFX and animation trades
within Ireland, to create a wider dialogue between existing and aspiring VFX
and animation professionals and to offer training and support to those who
wish to join the industry. The event’s success depends upon the support and
participation of the key players in the industry: the established Irish VFX
and Animation studios and their artists, the film and culture supporting
bodies and the aspiring, young students who want to be tomorrow’s
professionals. With this support both existing and new talent in Ireland
will benefit enormously from this annual conference. The summit is also
teaming with Shotgun for a Showreel Clinic and they invite industry
professionals and students to send in their showreels. There will also be a
special panel discussion on Women in Animation. The event takes place with
the support of Screen Training Ireland, Animation Skillnet and Enterprise
Ireland.

Speaking about the partnership, Teresa McGrane, Deputy Chief Executive, Bord
Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board, said “Screen Training Ireland part
of Bord Scannán na hÉireann is delighted to support the second VFX +
Animation Summit. We have worked closely with the Summit organisers to bring
together the highly flexible and convergent VFX, Animation and Games
community to encourage skillset growth, industry awareness and act as a
catalyst for the development of a sustainable Visual Effects and Animation
industry in Ireland.”

Event Founders Laura Livingstone and Eoghan Cunneen, drawing on their
experiences at both large and small VFX facilities across the UK, US and
Canada, are convinced there is now a realistic opportunity to develop and
sustain a world-leading VFX industry in Ireland.

Livingstone commented “It’s incredibly exciting to be able to expand this
year’s summit to include more elements which will ensure a very thorough,
interesting and entertaining two day event for anyone interested in visual
effects or animation. We had such positive feedback last year from all
delegates and participants that we were determined to expand the event this
year, and every year from now on. It’s an amazing opportunity for those who
have an interest in visual effects to discover how they can get training and
education to join the industry. It’s also an important event for those
already established in the industry, providing a very lively opportunity to
network with other industry professionals.”

Eoghan Cunneen continued “It’s our aim to attract more VFX work to Ireland,
to enhance and strengthen this vital part of the industry here, with the aim
to create more jobs and position Ireland as a creative hub for VFX and
animation. This high-profile summit is a terrific opportunity to present our
credentials to international filmmakers and to raise awareness of the level
of talent available in the Irish VFX field.”

Tickets can be purchased here, with special discounts for large groups and
students: http://vfxsummit.com/#/tickets/

]]>http://pegbar.ie/site/index.php/irish-visual-effects-animation-summit-this-weekend/feed/0International Animation Panel at Talking Production 2014http://pegbar.ie/site/index.php/international-animation-panel-at-talking-production-2014/
http://pegbar.ie/site/index.php/international-animation-panel-at-talking-production-2014/#commentsMon, 24 Nov 2014 08:22:30 +0000http://pegbar.ie/site/?p=448The people behind such animated films as Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Coraline, The Secret Of Kells, The Triplets of Bellevue and Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble will attend the Galway Film Centre’s annual film and TV seminar on November 27 and 28.

Animation will be one of the key subjects discussed at this year’s seminar, given that animation is one of the key growth sectors within Irish film-making.

The Irish animation sector has increased by 91 per cent in value in terms of production spend, from € 57.6 million 2009, to €110m in 2011. In terms of the Irish spend element of the total, it grew from €25.1m in 2009 to € 48.1m in 2011, a 39 per cent annual growth rate. This figure has continued to rise over the past two years, with both new technologies and a skilled workforce being two of the key reasons, leading Irish companies to also produce cartoons for the BBC, Disney, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon.
An insight into the workings of the Irish animation industry will be given by producer Claire Jennings, Moetion Films’ Moe Honan, Walking The Dog’s Eric Goossens, and Beochan Animation Studio’s Heather Mills in a panel discussion as part of the seminar, which takes place in the Connemara Coast Hotel. The panel will be chaired by Eibhlín Ní Mhunghaile of Creative Europe Desk- Galway.

Claire Jennings was a producer on the Oscar and BAFTA winning feature film Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit and the Oscar-nominated, BAFTA winning, feature film Coraline.

Moe Honan is a producer and owner of Moetion Films, a newly formed Galway production company. Moe has recently co-produced animated feature films such as Thor: Legends of Valhalla and Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble. Moetion Films is currently working on the 3D animated feature Oops! Noah Is Gone… a comedy adventure about the creatures who missed the boat.

Eric Goossens is from renowned Belgian animation company Walking The Dog which produces creative animated feature length films and series. WTD has received Oscar nominations for The Triplets of Bellevue, by French director Sylvain Chomet and for the wonderful The Secret Of Kells, by Irish director Tomm Moore. WTD was recently involved as co-producer in the successful CGI movie A Monster In Paris.

Heather Mills, from Telegael works at their studio at Beochán Animation Studio in Casla, Connemara and is a line producer with international project experience in traditional 2D, 3D CGI, and stop-motion projects. She has worked on the award winning 3D feature Niko & The Way To The Stars and the follow up, Little Brother, Big Trouble.

The event is part of Talking Production 2014. Tickets cost €50 (students), €70 (unwaged) and €80 (waged).

For more information see www.galwayfilmcentre.ie To register to attend the seminar, contact Declan Gibbons, Galway Film Centre, on 091 – 770748 or email Manager@galwayfilmcentre.ie

]]>http://pegbar.ie/site/index.php/international-animation-panel-at-talking-production-2014/feed/0Women of Doc McStuffins Panel eventhttp://pegbar.ie/site/index.php/women-of-doc-mcstuffins-panel-event/
http://pegbar.ie/site/index.php/women-of-doc-mcstuffins-panel-event/#commentsTue, 28 Oct 2014 14:01:56 +0000http://pegbar.ie/site/?p=435WIA Ireland is delighted to present a new series of panel talks featuring the female crew of major animation series produced in Ireland.

It kicks off with ‘The Women Of Doc McStuffins’ on November 3rd 2014.

The panels will feature key crew members such as Art Directors, Animators, Storyboard Artists and Production staff talking about their roles in the creation of each series. They will discuss their career progression in the industry, their education in animation and their experience of working together on the animation production.

The events are free to WIA Ireland members, and places are available to the first 30 people to RSVP.